Handle-bar



Patented Sept. 6, I898.-

No. 6l0,328.

J. L. MARTIN.

HANDLE BAR.

(Application filed Dec. 18 1897.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT JOHN L. MARTIN, OF. BEAUMONT, TEXAS.

HAN DLE-BAR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 610,328, dated September6, 1898.

Application filed December 18, 1897.' Serial No. 662,459. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN L. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beaumont, in the county of Jefferson and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Handle-Bar, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to handle-bars for bicycles, velocipedes, and thelike; and the primary object is to enable the successful use of animalshorns in the formation thereof and to provide for the adjustment andsecuring of such handle-bars in either a raised or lowered position orat any point within range of a circular adjustment.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing'any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a plan view of ahandle-bar constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional detail. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on theline X X of I Fig. 2 looking to the right, as indicated by the arrows.Fig. 4L is a detail view of a tip end of the handle-bar.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several viewsof the drawings by thesame reference characters.

The handle-bar is composed of horns l, which have their tips ornamentedand reinforced by ferrules or caps 2. The inner ends of the horns arefitted to the end portions of a wooden coupling 3 by being cementedthereto and fastened by screws or like fastenings 4, passingtransversely through openings in the sides of the horns and into the endportions of thev part 3. Inasmuch as the base portions or inner ends ofthe horns are of irregular shape the corresponding terminals of thewooden coupling are made conformable thereto as nearly as possible, soas to admit of a firm cementjoint being obtained. The screws orfastenings 4 prevent any possible loosening or separation of the hornsor end portions of thehandle-bar.

The wooden coupling 3 has its middle portion turned and made of truecircular form, as shown at 5, and this circular part is fitted within aclamp 6, applied to the upper end of the stem 7, said clamp consistingof a strap having its end portions parallel and apertured to receive aclamp-bolt 8, by means of which the clamp is tightened or loosened toadmit of the handle-bar being adjusted to the re quired position.

The ferrules or caps 2 prevent the tips of the horns from splitting orcracking and make screw-thread connection therewith and are furtherstayed by screws 9, passing through openings in the ferrules and intothe horns.

The stop-shoulders formed at each side of the enlargedportion 5 provideguides whereby the horns 1 maybe placed equally upon the coupling, andthe exposed portion of the latter between the horns forms a seat for theclamp, whereby the bar may be carried by the steering-head of thebicycle without marring the horns. The enlarged portion 5 also serves asa guide, as will be readily understood, whereby the handle-bar may beaccurately placed equally upon each side of the steering-head.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In ahandle-bar for bicycles and the like, the combination of a couplinghaving its ends reduced, forming a central enlarged portion andstop-shoulders at each side thereof, sep arate handlebar sectionsconnected to the reduced ends of the coupling and fitting against thestop-shoulders, and a stem having a clamp encircling the enlargedportion of the coupling, substantially as shown and described. t

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a handle-bar for bicycles andthe like comprising horns, a wooden coupling having its middle portionmade enlarged and its end portions made conformable to theirregularities of the inner ends of the horns and ce- 199 meritedtherein, screws or like fastenings passing laterally through openings inthe ends of the horns and into the Wooden coupling, and a stem having aclamp fitted to the enlarged portion of the coupling between theopposing ends of the horns, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN L. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

W. L. DOUGLASS, H. B. BROOK.

